Daily Thoughts 12/27/2012
This morning, I read a little bit more of Management Basics for Information Professionals, 2nd Edition. I am reading about performance appraisals and how people are reviewed. It is interesting material.
This morning, I checked the Facebook and Twitter for the library and the displays. More new books are coming in. I got a call about ebooks this morning. We get our electronic materials through the Westchester Library System which has Overdrive, Freading, Freegal which is a downloadable music service, One Click Digital which is a service for downloadable audiobooks, and Tumblebooks which are animated children's picture books.
I also checked the gift books.
There is another Special City Council Meeting on Friday morning at 10:00 a.m.to discuss the budget.
http://mountvernon.dailyvoice.com/politics/mount-vernon-city-council-yet-pass-budget
There is also a meeting at night at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the annual estimate as well on the City of Mount Vernon website. I am going to the 7:00 p.m. meeting to show support for the library.
On the way home, I read some more of Management Basics for Information Professionals. I am on the section on managing budgets. The concept of a budget as a control device is new to me. I have some idea of how to read financial statements, but not how they are made. Hopefully, it will be enlightening.
I watched the original animated version of The Hobbit with John Huston as the Voice of Gandalf the Grey which was made in 1977 tonight. I remember seeing it as a child. Now there is a nice live action film which is out. I will probably wait to see it on dvd.
Web Bits
Watch Junot Diaz on Myths and Libraries
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/watch-junot-diaz-on-myths_b_2365810.html
Libraries and E-lending: the 'Wild West' of Digital Licensing?
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/167649198/libraries-and-e-lending-the-wild-west-of-digital-licensing
Libraries Try To Update the Bookstore Model
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/us/libraries-try-to-update-the-bookstore-model.html?smid=fb-share
The issue with this story is that bookstores are changing their model. The traditional bookstore model no longer works that well. It is not a good idea to adopt a big box strategy in an internet focused world. There is a new model for bookstores being created by a group called the Kepler 2020 project http://www.kepler2020.com
http://www.keplers2020.com/
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